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Pulse survivor Chris Brodman, 34, has died, just three months after the mass shooting in Orlando, News 6 reports. The Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed his death on Tuesday. Friends had been posting about his death since as early as Sunday. Authorities say they responded to reports of an unconscious man at a private home in the Tampa area at about 1:50 a.m. Sunday morning. The cause and manner of death are still under investigation. They added that his body showed...

A tearful Katy Perry surprised a survivor of the Pulse Orlando shooting live on Ellen. Fighting against her emotions as she arrives, Katy hugs Pulse Orlando nightclub shooting survivor Tony Marrero during his appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show — a meeting Katy reveals left her shaking beforehand. After the shock of the star arrving, Tony explained how Katy’s lyrics in her song Rise helped him recover after receiving four gunshot wounds during the attack earlier this year. He explained: “The lyrics to that...

In what's becoming a horrifying pattern in Mosul — Iraq's second-largest city and one controlled by the radical Islamist group — the men were pushed off a tall building, falling to their deaths. Four men accused of homosexuality and sodomy have been executed in Mosul, the northern Iraqi city under ISIS control. The men were pushed off a shuttered central Mosul office building Saturday, according to a report in Iraqi News, which also noted that two of the men were ISIS...

A man who was viciously beaten in an anti-gay assault says police officers refused to offer him help. Omar Villalobos said he was terrified after a homeless man began shouting homophobic abuse at him in the street, before punching him in the face. However, Mr Villalobos says the situation went from bad to worse after the police officers who witnessed the attack decided to completely ignore it. “I was holding one side of my face, blood pouring down my hand and onto...

Craigslist is rife with sketchy ads looking for young aspiring models to pose for photos — “no pay, but great exposure and the perfect way to start your portfolio…” And if you’ve ever considered answering one, the following story might make you think twice — and then think again. Nigel Brent Wilkinson would approach his subjects on Instagram, inviting hopeful male models over to his house under the pretense of “photo shoots.” Then, he’d surreptitiously spike their drinks and have sex with...

A gay Syrian man has been found decapitated after being kidnapped and raped in Istanbul, local media has reported. The victim, Wisam Sankari, a Syrian refugee in Istanbul, was so badly mutilated that his friends had to identify him by the trousers he was wearing. According to various local news sources , Sankari left his home on 23 July and was found dead on 25 July. Another report names the date he was found dead as Sunday 31 July. Found in Yenikapi,...